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Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815

243  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:243)

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  1. Subfamily Callocardiinae Dall, 1895
    1. Genus Agriopoma Dall, 1902
    2. Genus Callista Poli, 1791
    3. Genus Callocardia A. Adams, 1864
    4. Genus Costellipitar Habe, 1951
    5. Genus Pitar Römer, 1857
    6. Genus Caryatis Römer, 1862 accepted as Pitar Römer, 1857 (junior homonym of Caryatis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera])
  2. Subfamily Clementiinae Frizzell, 1936
    1. Genus Clementia J. E. Gray, 1842
  3. Subfamily Dosiniinae Deshayes, 1853
    1. Genus Cyclinella Dall, 1902
    2. Genus Dosinia Scopoli, 1777
  4. Subfamily Gemminae Dall, 1895
    1. Genus Gemma Deshayes, 1853
  5. Subfamily Gouldiinae R. B. Stewart, 1930
    1. Genus Circe Schumacher, 1817
    2. Genus Circenita Jousseaume, 1888
    3. Genus Gafrarium Röding, 1798
    4. Genus Gouldia C. B. Adams, 1847
    5. Genus Gouldiopa Iredale, 1924
    6. Genus Microcirce Habe, 1951
    7. Genus Redicirce Iredale, 1936
  6. Subfamily Meretricinae Gray, 1847
    1. Genus Meretrix Lamarck, 1799
    2. Genus Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera] and Cytherea Röding, 1798)
  7. Subfamily Petricolinae d'Orbigny, 1840
    1. Genus Lajonkairia Deshayes, 1855
    2. Genus Mysia Lamarck, 1818
    3. Genus Petricola Lamarck, 1801
    4. Genus Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870
    5. Genus Gastranella A. E. Verrill, 1872 accepted as Petricolaria Stoliczka, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    6. Genus Lajonkairea Jukes-Browne, 1910 accepted as Lajonkairia Deshayes, 1855 (Unjustified emendation for Lajonkairia.)
    7. Genus Lucinopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1848 accepted as Mysia Lamarck, 1818 (synonym)
    8. Genus Rupellaria Fleuriau de Bellevue, 1802 accepted as Petricola Lamarck, 1801
  8. Subfamily Sunettinae Stoliczka, 1870
    1. Genus Sunetta Link, 1807
    2. Genus Cuneus Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Sunetta Link, 1807 (invalid: junior homonym of Cuneus da Costa, 1778 [Donacidae])
  9. Subfamily Tapetinae J. E. Gray, 1851
    1. Genus Irus F. C. Schmidt, 1818
    2. Genus Liocyma Dall, 1870
    3. Genus Marcia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857
    4. Genus Paphia Röding, 1798
    5. Genus Paratapes Stoliczka, 1870
    6. Genus Polititapes Chiamenti, 1900
    7. Genus Ruditapes Chiamenti, 1900
    8. Genus Tapes Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
    9. Genus Venerupis Lamarck, 1818
  10. Subfamily Turtoniinae Clark, 1855
    1. Genus Turtonia Alder, 1848
  11. Subfamily Venerinae Rafinesque, 1815
    1. Genus Antigona Schumacher, 1817
    2. Genus Chamelea Mörch, 1853
    3. Genus Circomphalus Mörch, 1853
    4. Genus Clausinella J. E. Gray, 1851
    5. Genus Globivenus Coen, 1934
    6. Genus Lirophora Conrad, 1863
    7. Genus Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817
    8. Genus Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914
    9. Genus Timoclea T. Brown, 1827
    10. Genus Venus Linnaeus, 1758
    11. Genus Pullastra G. B. Sowerby I, 1826 accepted as Venerupis Lamarck, 1818 (synonym)
  12. Genus Arctoe Risso, 1826 accepted as Dosinia Scopoli, 1777
  13. Genus Arthemis Poli, 1791 accepted as Dosinia Scopoli, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Genus Chione J. E. Gray, 1838 accepted as Callista Poli, 1791 (Invalid: junior homonym of Chione Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 [Bivalvia])
  15. Genus Cytherea Röding, 1798 accepted as Periglypta Jukes-Browne, 1914 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cytherea Fabricius, 1794 [Diptera])
  16. Genus Exoleta T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Dosinia Scopoli, 1777
  17. Genus Ortygia T. Brown, 1827 accepted as Chamelea Mörch, 1853 (invalid: junior homonym of Ortygia Boie, 1826 [Aves])
  18. Genus Pectunculus da Costa, 1778 accepted as Dosinia (Pectunculus) da Costa, 1778 represented as Dosinia Scopoli, 1777
  19. Genus Pitaria Dall, 1902 accepted as Pitar Römer, 1857 (unjustified emendation of Pitar)
  20. Subfamily Pitarinae R. B. Stewart, 1930 accepted as Callocardiinae Dall, 1895
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Rafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. <em>[Book].</em> 1-224, (self-published) Palermo., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 146 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=243 on 2024-03-28
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=243 on 2024-03-28
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original description Rafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. <em>[Book].</em> 1-224, (self-published) Palermo., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 146 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]   

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Chen, J.; Li, Q.; Kong, L.; Zheng, X. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of venus clams (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae) with emphasis on the systematic position of taxa along the coast of mainland China. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 40(3): 260-271. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Glover, E. A.; Taylor, J. D. (2010). Needles and pins: acicular crystalline periostracal calcification in venerid bivalves (Bivalvia: Veneridae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 76(2): 157-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyp054 [details]   

additional source Kappner, I.; Bieler, R. (2006). Phylogeny of venus clams (Bivalvia: Venerinae) as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 40(2): 317-331., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.006 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Bieler, R.; Carter, J. G.; Coan, E. V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details]   

additional source Jukes-Brown A.D. 1914. A synopsis of the family Veneridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 11(1): 58-74; 11(2): 75-94, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96204 [details]   

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]   
 
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